THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG., l-ML
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NIGHT TALKS
By REV. F. E. DAVISON
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LAWS OF THE KINGDOM.
Government la
founded upon
low. Every
earthly kingdom
has Its written
constitution and
Its Rtatuto law
for the ordtirly
admlnlHtration of
its nffiilrs. We
naturiiily look,
therefore, for the
King of the iir
itual klnKdoni to
organize) his eo
Iile by laying
down the principle of the now '.1r
Iinnsntlon In n magna cliarta of f.il'h,
mid tie does this at the very oiiirct
of IliH mission In the Sermon on the
Mount. This marvellous dlseoiirre Is
no mere Herinon; It stands alone r.i
the grand charter of tho kingdoM of
heaviai. It Is not. to he considered :is
a mere series of lessons on dl.i'cr.-nl
Eii'hjects. It Is the answer to sivh
questions ns these: "What In t'. is
kiitgdom, what advantago doen it of.
fer, and who are Its subjects? What
is required of those that beli;-;; to ll?
What are its laws and o'.i!;;:.l!;n ;1
Ho may we become citizens of t:iis
conin:onwealth of kiii;;s?"
Tliese are questions Hint were ask
ed then, nnd have been propounded in
every age and nation since. Ilcr'e
the value of- the Sermon on the
Mount. In those words of Christ rro
found a clear, complete and systema
tic statement of the principles of
Christianity nnd the righteousness of
the kingdom that Ho had come to es
tablish. It was addresswd to the rtl.-i-cipHs,
but was for the benefit of tlio
listening multitudes, to whom pos
sibly, It was, by them repeated. Mat
thew, records It In extenso, while the
other gospel writers quote It more or
less nt length, In Its application to
special cases.
Improvement on Moses.
Every soul of man bears testimony
to the marvelous scope of these words.
Its wonderful summary of moral and
spiritual truth Is acknowledged to be
high above all the ethics of undent
philosophy, and the world's ' purest
teaching. And It was also Immeasur
ably In advance, even of the teach
ings of Moses and the prophets, and
all the old dispensation. While It, in
tome sense embodied tho Mosaic law,
It selected only what was permanent
in that original code, and enlarged
and Improved It, so that It could
truthfully be called "these sayings of
minp." And It was made tho eu
preine and abiding standard of life
and obedience for nil the disciples of
the king through all nges.
Old Law and New.
The ancient law was robed in terror
nnd sanctioned by tremendous curses,
almost the last word of tho Old Testa
ment, was the word "curse." Hut tho
new law of Jesus, begins with the
word "blessed" and repeats it in the
reven-fold chain of tho beatitudes.
Tho old law of Moses was a law that
referred to conduct; tho new law re
fers to character. The old law limited
Its grip to action. If a man did not
bow down to Idols, did not break the
Sabbath, did not kill, did not blas
pheme, did not commit adultery, did
not steal, etc., the law had nothing
against him. But In the new law, as
laid down by Christ mental Idolatry
was recognized, to covet was to steal,
to hate was to kill, to lust was to be
unclean, the thought of tho heart end
the desires of tlio souls were to be
reckoned with in estimating a per
ton's loyalty to the king. The man
who Is all right within has no fear of
the law. If there was no law ut all
n;i?.lnst doing roug, ho ould not do
wrong. He Is not all tho time watch
ing for chances of evil. His heart is
light and hence his conduct.
Cod's law Is a tree of ninny,
brunches, full of bloom nnd fruit. Man
had allowed It to be filled with parasi
tic growths, and these had dropped
poison. Men had piled up rubbish un
derneath It, so that the weary found
r.o place to rest among lt3 shadows.
IMrds of the night and birds of prey
had bullded their nests In Its branches,
and all the fragrance of Its flowers
nnd the usefulness of its fruitage had
been lost.
Christ came, not to cut down the
tree which God hud planted, nor to re
move one twig that belonged to the
tree, but to remove the excrescences,
to clear away the rubblBh, to tear
down the nests of unclean birds, aad
to put Into the tree new life, new beau
ty, new fruit, and ampler expauso of
'.iade, and to cause the tree to spread
and grow till It filled the earth and
turned the deserts Into a garden of
the Lord.
The secret of the new dispensation
Is found In one word LOVE. Dy
love all the law is fullllled. Love pro
duces righteousness which far ex
ceeds that of the Scribes and Phari
sees. Love sheathes the sword of
murder. Love stills the tongue of
ubuse. Love stifles the first pulsa
tions of anger In the heart. Love
fecks the offended brother for recon
ciliation before It asks to be recon
ciled to God. Love thus potent Is by
ll.o Lord emphasized, and all tho
functions of the law are quoted to
show men the majesty and dignity and
lr.Uii.yensableneBs of the new law of
L0V13.
COLOMBIAN ETIQUETTE.
Demands That Persons 8hak Hands
and Ask Many Questions.
It was the third or fourth day out
from Banta Marta, Colombia, and
parly In the morning, when one of the
South American passengers came on
deck. Another South Amcrlcnn arose
from his deck chair, extended his
hnnd and ns the men shook hnnds In
quired after tho health of tho new
comer, his wife and his children.
As they had parted compnny only
about eight hours before In tho smok
ing room, this seemed like unneces
sary courtesy. The observor no
ticed thnt this hnppened In the case
of all the Colombians on board, so he
auked ono man about It.
"It In a custom of tho country," &ald
he. "On tho occasion of mooting n
person for the first time each day It
Is etiquette to shako hnnds nnd to
make Inquiries about the health of
the person so greeted nnd of his rela
tives. It would nut be considered po
lite to do otherwise."
Continuing, this mnn told o taking
n walk ono dny In Ilogota with a mer
chant of the place. Thoy were bent
on business nnd were to cover a dis
tance that might be mnde rather
easily In ten minutes. Ilocnuso of the
necessary stops to make the custo
mary Inquiries nnd to shake hands
with friends of the merchant, the trip
took nearly an hour.
A Moqul Repartee.
A certain commissioner out West
v.-as given Jo treating the Indians wlih
a scorn they did not deserve. Ono
day, ns he sat with a great chief In
his topee, smoking the pipe of peace,
the chief entertained him with many
quaint legends.
One of these denlt with a plague of
locusts, and the grim orator described
in flowery language how they had
swarmed over the land, eating every
herb and green leaf, and blotting out
the light of day for every number.
Tl'.en, ho concluded by remarking that
It was not until the medicine man
mnde an offering of a silver locust to
tho Great Spirit that the creatures
disappeared, and this they did, swift
ly nnd suddenly.
Loudly tho commissioner lnughed
the Hiiporstlttlous Indian to scorn.
"Do you mean to say you're such
fools as to believe that rubbish?" he
asked.
"Not much," replied tho chief grave
ly, "or we would have offered the
Great Spirit a silver paleface long
ago!"
Golf in High Altitudes.
It Is strange how many golfers there
are who fall to appreciate the great
efTect the density of atmosphere has
on the flight of a golf ball. On a still,
misty day .the ball flies about five
yards to ten yards less than it does
when the wind blows from the oppo
site and more acceptable quarter.
The writer was fortunate, or un
fortunate, enough to play many
rounds a few years ago on the Johan
nesburg links In South Africa. These
links are situated some 6,000 feet
above sea level and tho air is wonder
fully rarefied. The ball consequently
flow the most surprising distance; as
proof of this the winner of a driving
competition sent a ball a carry of 228
yards, the second plnyer returning
tho modest distance of 223 yards. Yet
neither of these two players could ap
proach the driving capabilities of good
amateur golfers.
A Good Suggestion.
Ono of the speakers at tho dinner
given In Cleveland by the National
Educational Association was Booker
T. Washington, the distinguished ne
gro leader of the South. In the course
of his remarks he told the following
story about a Southern minister, who
wns evidently rather long winded:
"One Sunday morning, while the
minister was In tho midst of his ser
mon and had reached the point where
ho was shouting, 'And fourthly, dear
brethren,' a man poked his head
through tho door, and said in a low
voice:
"Don't get too much excited, par
son, but your church is on lire!'
" 'All right, brother ones,' said the
parson. 'I will hasten out. But pos
sibly you'd better wako the congrega
tion.' "Judge.
Sun Makes the Hair Curl.
The holidays had been dry and
bright, and from daylight till dark
the links had been covered with bare
headed youths and maids.
"All this sunshine," said a girl, "has
changed tho nature of my hair. It
is straight, oily, heavy hair, but the
sun has made it dry and crisp and
slightly curly. Strange!"
"I returned from Africa with crisp,
curly hair," said an engineer. "I went
bareheaded there all winter in the
brilliant sunshine. And as I watched
my lank, greasy locks dry and kink
up I began to understand why the
hatless natives working around me
had such peculiar dry, tightly curled
hair. The sun was the cause of
course."
The American Climate.
Ou Shotchun, of the Chinese Em
bassy, on a sultry evening in Cape
May condemned the American cli
mate in the world. And yet you can
Joke about it.
"A physician Joked to me about It
tho other day.
" 'Accustom yourself, Mr. Ou Shot
chun.' be said, 'to our climate's ways.
Our winters are arctic, our summers
and subtropical. And often our climate
gets mixed, nnd arctic days and sub
tropical ones alternate. Inure your
self, like me, to these changes. In
summer and winter, sleep with four
blankets.'
" 'You do?' I gasped.
'i do. In summer,' ho added, '1
jmtjhera undor ine.".' . ..
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RAILROAD.
"THE ROAD
OF
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II
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